She reacted to the attacks in a piece for the Daily Beast. "You would think that by now, having gone through a presidential election with my father in 2008, I would be numb to this kind of name-calling," McCain wrote. "But I’m not. It hurts, it rattles me, it (understandably) concerns my mother, and it keeps me up at night."

She continued, "When people don’t like my politics, I am happy to have a political discussion with them. But when they don't like my politics and call me fat and say I should die, what's left to say?"

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: Ann Curry attends the TIME 100 Gala celebrating TIME'S 100 Most Influential People In The World at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Fernando Leon/Getty Images for TIME)